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tallus

tallus is the alternative spelling of talus.

Meaning of talus

Noun (1)

talus (plural tali)

  1. The bone of the ankle.

Noun (2)

talus (plural taluses)

  1. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
    • By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
  2. The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Questions about tallus

What is tallus the alternative spelling of?
Tallus is the alternative spelling of talus.

Words near tallus in the dictionary

  1. talls
  2. tallsome
  3. talluh
  4. Tallulah
  5. Tallurutiup Imanga
  6. tallus
  7. tallwood
  8. Tallwoods Village
  9. tally
  10. tally ho
  11. tally hoed

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